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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [31]

Taunton, Somerset [24]

Bridgwater, Somerset [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

High Ham, Somerset [5]

Langport, Somerset [5]

Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [5]

Street, Somerset [5]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Minehead, Somerset [4]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [4]

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [4]

Wincanton, Somerset [4]

Bathford, Somerset [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Curry Rivel, Somerset [3]

London [3]

Meare, Somerset [3]

Pitminster, Somerset [3]

Wellington, Somerset [3]

Winsford, Somerset [3]

Aller, Somerset [2]

Ashbrittle, Somerset [2]

Babcary, Somerset [2]

Bath [2]

Bickenhall, Somerset [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bishops Hull, Somerset [2]

Bristol [2]

Chard, Somerset [2]

Clutton, Somerset [2]

Cove, Devon [2]

Creech St Michael, Somerset [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Cutcombe, Somerset [2]

Doulting, Somerset [2]

Durston, Somerset [2]

Highbridge, Somerset [2]

Ilminster, Somerset [2]

Kensington, Middlesex [2]

Keynsham, Somerset [2]

Luccombe, Somerset [2]

Milverton, Somerset [2]

Selworthy, Somerset [2]

Shapwick, Somerset [2]

Somerton, Somerset [2]

Washford, Somerset [2]

Wedmore, Somerset [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Yeovil, Somerset [2]

Rank

Private [2216]

Serjeant [290]

Corporal [214]

Second Lieutenant [211]

Lieutenant [125]

Lance Corporal [121]

Captain [97]

Sapper [29]

Major [28]

Acting Corporal [18]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Staff Serjeant Major [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [14]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Driver [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Farrier Serjeant [10]

Gunner [10]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Pioneer [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Trooper [7]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Sergeant [6]

Squadron Serjeant Major [6]

Trumpeter [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commissary [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

North Somerset Yeomanry [1529]

West Somerset Yeomanry [1175]

Somerset Light Infantry [786]

Royal Engineers [128]

Machine Gun Corps [120]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [116]

Labour Corps [99]

Corps of Hussars [79]

Somerset Yeomanry [43]

Corps of Dragoons [40]

Dorsetshire Regiment [34]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [34]

Hampshire Regiment [33]

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Air Force [27]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Devonshire Regiment [25]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [18]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [16]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

General Service Dragoons [14]

Company of Dragoons [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Berkshire Yeomanry [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Dragoon Guards [10]

Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

2/1st West Somerset Yeomanry [6]

Cheshire Yeomanry [6]

Hussars [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [5]

Dorset Yeomanry [5]

Dragoons [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps North Somerset Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [2987]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [320]

H [291]

S [282]

C [244]

W [235]

P [218]

M [184]

D [167]

G [165]

T [144]

R [123]

L [121]

F [101]

A [76]

E [68]

K [59]

J [57]

N [42]

V [33]

O [28]

Y [16]

I [6]

Q [4]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2944]

Country

United Kingdom [81]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [31] Taunton, Somerset [24] Bridgwater, Somerset [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] High Ham, Somerset [5] Langport, Somerset [5] Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [5] Street, Somerset [5] Exeter, Devon [4] Minehead, Somerset [4] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [4] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [4] Wincanton, Somerset [4] Bathford, Somerset [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Curry Rivel, Somerset [3] London [3] Meare, Somerset [3] Pitminster, Somerset [3] Wellington, Somerset [3] Winsford, Somerset [3] Aller, Somerset [2] Ashbrittle, Somerset [2] Babcary, Somerset [2] Bath [2] Bickenhall, Somerset [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bishops Hull, Somerset [2] Bristol [2] Chard, Somerset [2] Clutton, Somerset [2] Cove, Devon [2] Creech St Michael, Somerset [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] Cutcombe, Somerset [2] Doulting, Somerset [2] Durston, Somerset [2] Highbridge, Somerset [2] Ilminster, Somerset [2] Kensington, Middlesex [2] Keynsham, Somerset [2] Luccombe, Somerset [2] Milverton, Somerset [2] Selworthy, Somerset [2] Shapwick, Somerset [2] Somerton, Somerset [2] Washford, Somerset [2] Wedmore, Somerset [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Yeovil, Somerset [2]

Rank

Private [2216] Serjeant [290] Corporal [214] Second Lieutenant [211] Lieutenant [125] Lance Corporal [121] Captain [97] Sapper [29] Major [28] Acting Corporal [18] Lance Serjeant [18] Staff Serjeant Major [15] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [14] Acting Serjeant [12] Driver [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Farrier Serjeant [10] Gunner [10] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Pioneer [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Acting Captain [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Trooper [7] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Sergeant [6] Squadron Serjeant Major [6] Trumpeter [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commissary [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Shoeing Smith [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

North Somerset Yeomanry [1529] West Somerset Yeomanry [1175] Somerset Light Infantry [786] Royal Engineers [128] Machine Gun Corps [120] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [116] Labour Corps [99] Corps of Hussars [79] Somerset Yeomanry [43] Corps of Dragoons [40] Dorsetshire Regiment [34] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [34] Hampshire Regiment [33] Army Service Corps [30] Royal Air Force [27] Royal Field Artillery [26] Devonshire Regiment [25] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [18] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [16] Wiltshire Regiment [15] General Service Dragoons [14] Company of Dragoons [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Berkshire Yeomanry [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Dragoon Guards [10] Royal Rifle Corps [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] 2/1st West Somerset Yeomanry [6] Cheshire Yeomanry [6] Hussars [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] 2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [5] Dorset Yeomanry [5] Dragoons [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Honourable Artillery Company [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps North Somerset Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [2987] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Royal Navy [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [320] H [291] S [282] C [244] W [235] P [218] M [184] D [167] G [165] T [144] R [123] L [121] F [101] A [76] E [68] K [59] J [57] N [42] V [33] O [28] Y [16] I [6] Q [4] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2944]

Country

United Kingdom [81] Malta [1]

Frank Alvin Bird

Born 1894

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary 2nd Lieutenant (probationary)

British Army 555 Trooper North Somerset Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 165108 Private 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry

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Herbert Henry Orchard

Born 1893

Died 1954

British Army 1022 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165347 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Claude Yelverton Hughes

Born 1893

Died 1933

British Army 849 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Richard Wyeth King

Born 1878

Died 1923

British Army Second Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 691 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Captain West Somerset Yeomanry

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Ernest John Buxton

Born 1886

Died 1957

British Army 890 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165278 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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George Charles Day

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1805 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165769 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Bertie Frederick George Bath

Born 1885

Died 1965

British Army 1681 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165705 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Wilfrid West

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1712 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295408 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 295408 Private Somerset Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Albert Mapson

Born 1896

Died 1992

British Army 295346 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

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Alfred Ernest Herridge

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 765 Private 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry C Squadron

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Arthur James Froom

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 295288 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 204604 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th (Service) Battalion (2nd Portsmouth)

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Henry Moulsdale

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 204614 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 295431 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

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Herbert Ernest Howe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1429 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295308 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Alfred Stacey

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army 855 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295116 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Harold Henry Hoddinott

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army 1343 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165515 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Arthur Gilbert Duddridge

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 705 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 166530 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Cyril Frederick Thick

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 942 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165309 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Ernest Lewis

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1980 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165882 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Sidney Clifford Stone

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 433 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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John Edward Calder

Born 1859

Died 1938

British Army 213 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant West Somerset Yeomanry

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